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@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ If you want to contribute changes, keep on reading.
 Hacking
 -------
 
-To get started hacking on mitmproxy, make sure you have Python_ 2.7.x. with
+To get started hacking on mitmproxy, make sure you have Python_ 3.5.x or above with
 virtualenv_ installed (you can find installation instructions for virtualenv
-here_). Then do the following:
+`here <http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_). Then do the following:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ PR checks will fail and block merging. We are using this command to check for st
 
 .. _Python: https://www.python.org/
 .. _virtualenv: http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
-.. _here: http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html
 .. _autoenv: https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv
 .. _.env: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/blob/master/.env
 .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/